I EXIST.

how do you know?

BECAUSE...
...I SEE...
...I HEAR...
...I TOUCH...
...I SMELL...
...I TASTE...
...AND SO...
...I EXPERIENCE REALITY.

when we dream...
...we feel we are experiencing reality...
...what separates our waking feelings...
...from our dream feelings?..
...how can you be certain that...
...your whole life is not a dream?

THEN...
...I THINK...
...THEREFORE...
...I EXIST.

who exists?

ME.

who thinks?

ME.

that is to say...
...you have already accepted your existence...
...before you have concluded...
...and then...
...you might still...
...not exist.

OK THEN, DOES IT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE?

once i had a dream. i was in the line to get my meal in the cafeteria of my university in istanbul. in addition to the table d’hôte, they would give thirty candies to each costumer. the candies were assorted. i took mine carelessly and put them in my coat pocket. then i felt regret. i could have chosen and had more of those high-quality candies. while i was walking with the stuff in my pocket on a trail through a forest, i woke up. my feeling of regret completely vanished. it didn’t matter which sort of candies i had taken. there was actually no candy, so there was nothing to worry. and now when i consider this life as a dream, the importance of what i win or lose decreases so that i can feel much more peace of mind.